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AMA Manual of Style (10th edition ed.) : A Guide for Authors and Editors

AMA Manual of Style Committee

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2007
Print ISBN-13:
9780195176339
Published to AMA Manual of Style:
Apr 2009
DOI:
10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001
© American Medical Association
Contents

Greek Letters

Chapter:
Greek Letters
Author(s):

Brenda Gregoline

DOI:
10.1093/jama/9780195176339.003.0017

  1. 17.1 Greek Letter vs Word

  2. 17.2 Capitalization After a Greek Letter

  3. 17.3 Greek Alphabet

  4. 17.4 Page Composition and Electronic Formats

Greek letters are frequently used in statistical formulas and notations, in mathematical composition, in certain chemical names for drugs, and in clinical and technical terms (see 14.11, Abbreviations, Clinical, Technical, and Other Common Terms; 14.12, Abbreviations, Units of Measure; 15.0, Nomenclature; 20.0, Study Design and Statistics; and 21.0, Mathematical Composition).

β-adrenergic

κ light chain

IFN-λ

123I-β-CIT

nuclear factor κβ